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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1660965 UGX ($451 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is different in that, I'm now sleeping in a clean house not like before when I used to sleep in a dusty house since I had no hopes of getting money. I would not have managed to plaster my house if I never received my transfer.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion GiveDirectly has done well by improving people's standards of living in villages and way of reasoning. GiveDirectly has not done anything wrong.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
I have spent my second transfer on:Paying Labour at UGX 350,000, building materials ( sand 1 trip at UGX 100,000, cement 17bags at UGX 493,000,) transport Ugx 20,000, food (beans,cabbage) at 60,000 and saved 200,000. There is a balance of UGX 410,000 which I'm not yet sure on what to spend on.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1754517 UGX ($469 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness that I will be completing my house.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money, I felt so happy.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to buy three doors, sand, stone aggregate, cement to complete building a house I had started.
Enrolled
access_time over 5 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money is a means of helping me to get money to buy cement for plastering my house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is always in the evening, when am together with my family members .chatting stories for the sucess of our family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardships which I face in my family is limit ways of getting money for the family because the only source for getting money in my family is through the sell of food crops when harvested.
